Reviewing the '50s poll thread and seeing how many AMAZING films there are from that decade and then futher thinking about the '30s thru eh, 1990s and the changes that have come about. Less films are released (I think) the costs to make them are crazy and more often than not the end result is crap. Why? What happened? Are we so consumed with FX that the writing and story lines are of no consequence? I guess I am feeling that there are not as many "intelligent" films these days (That was a snarky, snobby comment and I am fully aware of it.)
― Wiggy Woo, Friday, 15 August 2008 19:09 (seventeen years ago)
Classic films are classic. Pretty sure they've been outnumbered by shitty movies in every decade since the 1890s tho.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 15 August 2008 19:15 (seventeen years ago)
CURRENT
― Tape Store, Friday, 15 August 2008 19:24 (seventeen years ago)
the old hollywood studio system pumped out a few good flicks per studio every year in the heyday, but they were each releasing 40-50/year each. so percentage-wise, it's probably about even
― velko, Friday, 15 August 2008 20:00 (seventeen years ago)
I'm sure there are equally great current films. They just don't get released.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 15 August 2008 20:03 (seventeen years ago)
The very best mainstream American movies of the 30s-50s clearly better (and good ones more numerous) than the best mainstream (i.e. -- wide-release) American movies now.
Any other way of looking at the question is open to debate.
― Hubie Brown, Friday, 15 August 2008 20:09 (seventeen years ago)
i more or less agree but i bet a lot of people here probably don't. i will say that if you go digging into the back catalogs from the golden era you will find a ton of uninspired or downright awful b movies (plus the odd b movie that totally outshines the prestige A pictures of the day) that people have completely forgotten about so the "average" film from back then seems much better than the reality.
― velko, Saturday, 16 August 2008 07:00 (seventeen years ago)